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California Wildfire Season Starting Earlier Because of Climate Change, Study Finds

Summertime fire activity is creeping into spring, and the balmier climate is a major driver, scientists said.

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India, Once America’s Counterweight to China, Is Now Facing Trump’s Wrath

With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping America’s plan to turn India into a counterweight to China, declaring instead that it is a “dead economy.”

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5 Soldiers Shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia

The gunman was quickly apprehended, the authorities said. None of the injuries were fatal.

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Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers

Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no longer enough.

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Trump Spending Bill Means Big Cuts for New Mexico

Health care. Food. Outdoor recreation. Wildfire protection. The arts. President Trump’s new domestic policy law will have wide-ranging effects in New Mexico, which depends heavily on federal funding.

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Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem

The company has tested tools that make rides safer, court records show. Measures to stem the violence have been set aside in favor of protecting the company’s business.

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China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare

Documents examined by researchers show how one company in China has collected data on members of Congress and other influential Americans.

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Trump to Announce Additional $100 Billion Apple Investment in U.S.

The pledge was a “significant acceleration” of the company’s plan for more production in the United States, according to a White House statement.

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Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common

The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

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Stanford Newspaper Challenges Legal Basis for Student Deportations

A new lawsuit brought by a First Amendment watchdog group argues that the use of a rarely invoked immigration law to target pro-Palestinian demonstrators is unconstitutional.

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Despite Opposition, Netanyahu’s Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Military Push

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his cabinet on Thursday as the families of the hostages warn that moving into new areas could endanger the captives.

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Senator Marsha Blackburn Will Run for Governor of Tennessee

A conservative Trump ally in the Senate, Ms. Blackburn will now try to become the first woman to serve as governor.

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They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They’re Felons

They went to jail when their boy was killed. Why don’t road planners bear some guilt?

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Alec Luhn, Missing American Hiker, Is Found Alive in Norway

Rescue workers found Mr. Luhn, a journalist who had not been heard from for days after setting off alone in a Norwegian national park.

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Italy Approves Project to Link Sicily to the Mainland by Bridge

The government says the road and rail link will create jobs and lift the economy of the region, but critics are concerned about the environmental and social impact.

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Kelley Mack, ‘Walking Dead’ Actress, Dies at 33

Ms. Mack was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her nervous system late last year.

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Raucous Town Halls

We explore the new political danger of a centuries-old format.

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Uber’s Sexual Assault Problem, and ICE’s $50,000 Signing Bonus

Plus, the shark bite club.

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Truce Quiets Syrian City Torn by Sectarian Clashes

The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area remains tense as clashes continue beyond the city.

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Statue of French General Accused of Torture Divides His Hometown

An effort to have a statue of Marcel Bigeard removed has reignited the debate over how the colonial past should be remembered.

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For Some Wounded in Ukraine War, Surgery Helps Rebuild a Sense of Self

Surgeons have made significant strides in tending to the war’s wounded, particularly through the use of 3-D printing, creating patient-specific implants and surgical guides.

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Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big downward revision as “rigged.”

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Aldi’s Passionate, Cultlike Following Fuels Its Rapid Expansion Plans

“It feels like I’m at a bougie store, but I’m not paying bougie prices,” one shopper said of the discount grocer, which is set to open hundreds of stores as consumers look to save and buy organic.

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Wildfire In Wet Washington State Is Changing Under Climate Change

The famously rainy state is facing longer, hotter and drier fire seasons, raising the risk of a mammoth fire that will be nearly impossible to fight. All the state can do is prepare.

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The ‘Hamilton’ Effect: 10 Revolutionary Years on Broadway

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s much-loved musical opened on Broadway a decade ago, ushering in a new era of race-conscious casting, audience outreach and even stardom.

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Trump Amps Up an Obama Strategy to Crack Down on Colleges

Under Obama, federal rules pushed universities to build new bureaucracies to address sexual misconduct. Trump is doubling down on that tactic for antisemitism claims.

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Senator Mark Kelly: Don’t Gut NASA

Before he was a senator, Mark Kelly was an astronaut. He’s worried about America’s leadership in space.

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How Epstein Mania Finally Let Democrats Talk (and Meme) Like the Right

Hoping to widen the rift between Trump and his supporters, a few Democrats are dabbling in the kind of messaging that usually punches left.

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Is the Tampa Bay Rays’ Owner Brilliant or a Failure?

Stu Sternberg used quantitative wizardry to turn the Tampa Bay Rays into a perennial contender. But the fans were the one equation he could never solve.

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Sudan’s Civil War Shifts Toward Kordofan

Since the Sudanese Army drove its paramilitary rival from the capital in March, the two sides are battling for territorial gains in the Kordofan region.

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